Battlefield 3

[zetachi]

I really just want my standard name Zetachi as my BF3 soldier name. All this seems to be doing is making me more confused

I'm hoping I can just get my old name back when BF3 starts but I doubt it. At lease this way, if it pulls from Origin I'm a bit closer.

[drkCrix]

Do we know if they will start the downloads before release day, so that we can play on the 24th? and not have to wait?

[zetachi]

Do we know if they will start the downloads before release day, so that we can play on the 24th? and not have to wait?

Yeah I saw a tweet this morning

Greetings @aro5389 ! The answer is yes! All digital distributors will allow pre-downloads to begin on Oct 21! ^CH

[Lenny]

Yeah I saw a tweet this morning

Greetings @aro5389 ! The answer is yes! All digital distributors will allow pre-downloads to begin on Oct 21! ^CH

Excellent. The other day when Amazon was having the pre-order sale on the digital download I think it had Oct 25 10am as release date. Now this is displayed:

This item will be released on October 21, 2011 at 7:00 AM (US/Pacific)

So that's 10:00 AM for those on the east coast. Oct 21 is a Friday so we can hammer on the servers all weekend if necessary until we get it downloaded

[Lenny]

I really just want my standard name Zetachi as my BF3 soldier name. All this seems to be doing is making me more confused

I'm hoping I can just get my old name back when BF3 starts but I doubt it. At lease this way, if it pulls from Origin I'm a bit closer.

A solution is coming ... or so says EA.
http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/li....page#17494031

[zetachi]

hmm think I found somethhing. Just not sure what it will do.

Go to http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/.

In upper right hand corner it says welcome. Click the drop down and pick Change your persona. Up pops every name you have used on EA.

Bah not sure if it does anything except change your name on ea forum. Origin name is still the same.

edited try it now

[Lenny]

^^ Link doesn't work for me

[Invictus]

Luckily I always use the same name...hasn't been taken as of yet.

Didn't want to say never and jinx myself

[zetachi]

edited try it now

[Lenny]

edited try it now

Oh ok I see where you are now. Yeah as you have realized that only changes your persona on the forums. Actually it's almost like you are logging in as someone else. For example, it doesn't track your thread subscriptions across personas.

[3dfxrain]

Seems second hand buyers have to purchase an online pass.

[Krychek57]

Seems second hand buyers have to purchase an online pass.

That'll teach them to buy the sub-par console version

[PerfectShot]

HELP!

I still haven't pre-ordered and I'm so confused by the choices.

Where has everyone gotten their copy from? I prefer a physical box...

Are there any extras that you can't get unless you buy the game from preferred vendor X?

[zetachi]

http://bf3blog.com/2011/09/list-of-b...-order-deals//

[Lenny]

HELP!

I still haven't pre-ordered and I'm so confused by the choices.

Where has everyone gotten their copy from? I prefer a physical box...

Are there any extras that you can't get unless you buy the game from preferred vendor X?

If you are interested in the "extras" see here. IMO nothing is really worth any special attention.

It has been on sale several times now. Physical boxed copy from Newegg has been <$50 I think 3-4 times now. I just checked all my bookmarks and it's $59.99 everywhere right now. Digital download from Amazon is $51 but was recently on sale for $42.